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Convection in the Mantle 10:57 - 12:14 (01:17) / 1.1 MB "James Sadd", geologist, "plate tectonics", mechanism, theory, crust, mantle, lithosphere, plate, asthenosphere, heat, convection
Convention Analogy 12:14 - 12:44 (00:30) / 0.2 MB convection, "plate tectonics", heat, mantle
Heat Within the Earth 14:50 - 15:32 (00:42) / 0.4 MB "Jason Saleeby", rock, flow, convection, mantle, heat, "radioactive decay", "plate tectonics", element, uranium, thorium, potassium
Orogeny at the Edge of Continents 09:29 - 10:36 (01:07) / 1.3 MB sediment, orogeny, lithosphere, continent, "convergent plate", pressure, subduction, volcano, "island arc", "continental margin", trench, uplift, heat, melting, "metamorphic rock", crust, "igneous rock", granite
Rocks Fold 07:33 - 08:03 (00:30) / 0.6 MB structure, "James Sadd", rock, heat, pressure, deformation, fold
Causes of Earthquakes 02:10 - 03:26 (01:16) / 1.7 MB "radioactive decay", heat, energy, plate, friction, lithosphere, earthquake, mountain, orogeny, uplift, erosion, river, water, flora, fauna
Heating Magma 03:09 - 03:59 (00:50) / 0.8 MB volcano, "David Sigurdson", heat, radioactivity, isotope, potassium, thorium, uranium, decay, magma
Crystals and Cooling 05:46 - 06:48 (01:02) / 1.4 MB "James Sadd", dike, andesite, magma, gneiss, heat, crystal, granite, rhyolite, phenocryst
Crustal Evolution Clues 22:15 - 22:45 (00:30) / 0.8 MB "igneous rock", "tectonic activity", komatiite, basalt, heat
Similar Planet Origins 25:30 - 26:05 (00:35) / 0.9 MB heat, intrusion, "igneous rock", granite, sediment, continent, ocean, crust, gabbro, basalt, mantle, ultramafic, planet, "Solar System", "James Sadd"
Introduction to Mass Wasting 00:40 - 02:02 (01:22) / 2.1 MB introduction, "Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano", Colombia, "South America", eruption, heat, melting, glacier, volcano, water, flood, mountain, soil, tree, boulder, Armero, mud, "geologic hazard"
Metamorphic Rocks 30 minutes / n.a. metamorphism, temperature, pressure, "metamorphic rock", mineral, "plate tectonics", time, crust, composition, "snowball garnet", "sedimentary rock", "igneous rock", heat, crystal
Metamorphism 01:17 - 02:29 (01:12) / 1.3 MB "James Sadd", mountain, "plate tectonics", lithosphere, deformation, energy, orogeny, collision, crust, magma, fault, heat, pressure, metamorphism, mineral, composition, "radiometric age", atom, recrystallization, time
Rising Temperature 09:55 - 10:40 (00:45) / 1.3 MB "directed stress", temperature, mineral, "metamorphic rock", recrystallization, texture, "igneous rock", "sedimentary rock", limestone, calcite, heat, metamorphism, crystal
Changing Rocks 12:46 - 13:09 (00:23) / 0.7 MB "James Sadd", heat, pressure, metamorphism, texture, mineral, composition, protolith, "geologic time", water
Metamorphosed Claystone 18:49 - 20:08 (01:19) / 2.0 MB "Douglas M. Morton", metamorphism, claystone, "sedimentary rock", alumina, "regional metamorphism", heat, slate, mineral, temperature, pressure, foliation, layering, phyllite, "linear structure", mica, crystal, garnet, "metamorphic grade", gneiss
Blue Schist 21:02 - 22:19 (01:17) / 1.5 MB "James Sadd", geologist, metamorphism, "metamorphic facies", pressure, temperature, "metamorphic rock", "plate tectonics", "blue schist", experiment, mineral, crust, "blue schist facies", heat, subduction
Introduction to Preserving the Legacy 00:40 - 02:20 (01:40) / 1.2 MB introduction, "James Sadd", "H. G. Wells", humans, civilization, mining, agriculture, Roman, "Industrial Revolution", England, gravity, heat, "human power", technology, animal
Oil 03:28 - 04:15 (00:47) / 1.1 MB resource, oil, "continental margin", microrganism, "sea floor", burial, sediment, preservation, microfossil, "natural gas", heat, pressure, time
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